abbatial
/əˈbeɪʃ(ə)l
/adjective
Relating to an abbey, abbot, or abbess: a possible abbatial vacancy...
- The boundaries were blurred to the extent that some kings themselves held episcopal or abbatial office.
- The wonder-working tour on which the monks sent their new relics certainly helped raise funds for their new abbatial church.
- ‘You know,’ came a patrician, abbatial voice from the back of the room, ‘I rather think we've got his head’.
Origin
Late 17th century: from medieval Latin abbatialis, from abbas, abbat- (see abbot).